the real issue here is in 2004 when george bush beat john kerry, the turnout between the two parties was even. in 2008 when barack obama won with this huge election, seven point democratic advantage. the previous pew poll was ridiculous. it had a ten point democratic turnout advantage. not going to happen. this one has a five point republican advantage. as much as i'm a partisan republican, i have a hard time believing that. what we do know is there's been tremendous movement toward mitt romney. when you get your clock cleaned in a debate, it starts to hurt. >> david, in terms of narrative, is this exactly the kind of narrative that obama -- that romney needed going into this, you know, with just a couple weeks away? >> it's very much the narrative he needed, because his campaign was about to be blown away. president obama generally has been running a much better campaign than mitt romney has, but in the last week or so, the mitt romney campaign i think is getting its act together. he had a very, very good debate, obviously. he was more personal on the stump in florida the last few d